Remote Software Engineer Salaries in Hong Kong

How much do remote developers in Hong Kong expect to make? $60,034 per year on average (based on self-reported data).

This estimated average salary is based on the expected salaries of Arc Developers in that location. Remote software engineer salaries in Hong Kong are around average for Asia.
Below are some things to consider when hiring developers based in this location or building your next engineering hub.

$60,034USD
Avg. Developer Salary
$103,244USD
Avg. Senior Developer Salary

Established Companies in Hong Kong

Here are some notable companies with engineering hubs or engineering teams in this location.

Mercari remote branch in Hong Kong
Mercari
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Jane Street remote branch in Hong Kong
Jane Street
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
IBM remote branch in Hong Kong
IBM
Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Salary breakdown by expertise

Use the dropdown to compare software engineer salaries in Hong Kong with another location.

Compare with:
Singapore
Hong Kong remote developer salaryHong Kong
Front-end Developer
$58,420
$68,588
Back-end Developer
$59,496
$72,064
Data Scientist
$62,427
$74,222
App Developer
$57,856
$70,122
DevOps Engineer
$62,363
$79,600

About software engineer salary in Hong Kong

Work with great developers — who just happen to be outside your zip code.We built this tool to help you understand how much remote developers expect to be paid annually across different countries around the world. Software engineer salary in Hong Kong are calculated using self-reported data from remote developers based in Hong Kong, and may not be representative of local salaries.Learn More

The salary data is based on the expected salary of over 300,000 remote developers in Arc's network. Developers provide us with their expected salary after passing our comprehensive vetting process (click here to learn more about Arc’s vetting process).

In addition to software development experience, our research indicates two other major factors that affect salary expectations:

・Local rent and cost of living.
・English ability (in countries where English is not the primary language, developers with a good command of English can often charge a premium compared to local rates).

In addition to providing a base salary, organizations may offer remote developers a more comprehensive package when hired long-term. This package may include benefits such as health insurance, equipment stipends, cash bonuses for high performance, company equity, etc. (For more information on benefits frequently offered to remote developers, click here.)

Hire remote developers in Hong Kong with Arc

Muhammad A. - developer in Hong Kong
Muhammad A.
Full Stack Developer

A Full Stack Developer current working on lots of Magento 2 and Laravel based projects.

Google Apps ScriptMagento 2
Aron T. - developer in Hong Kong
Aron T.
C# Developer in performance

Software Developer who has been working in the Financial Industry sector since graduating from University.

.NET developers.NETHTML/CSS developersHTML/CSSPerformance OptimizationBatch FileWCF (Windows Communication Foundation) ServiceScala developersScalaC# developersC#LINQJavaScript developersJavaScriptWPFAspAWKPowerShellShellPython developersPython
Henry C. - developer in Hong Kong
Henry C.

I am an experienced and results-driven IT solution experts with over 18 years experiences in different IT industries, like Enterprise Internal IT system, professional broadcast solutions, content security and enterprise cloud environment. I have hands-on experiences in product development and solution deployment and implementation, and also experiences in managing multi-national projects. In the recent years, I mainly focused on CDN, Cloud-based project and also helping startup company to growth their business. Besides, as a solution architect, I act as a bridge to bring business requirements to technical specifications and expose all potential risks and costs and handle C-level management and stakeholders discussion. Being a team leader, I do need help from my team and others' support for every project. And letting my team learn, to grow is one of the successful elements, and to consolidate the team's talent and let them do better, and I also learn within the process. I do enjoy working with different teammates and customers and moving forward to success. In summary, I have diverse experiences, technical expertises, and am able to deliver successful outcomes for the company and clients. A short list of my experiences: Cloud Solution: AWS / GCP / Azure / DigitalOcean - Docker / Container / Kubernetes CDN - CloudFront / Varnish Enterprise / Edgeware / Nginx / Apache Traffic Server, OpenCDN caching OTT Streaming Technology (HLS/DASH/MSS) DRM/CA - Google Widevine, MS PlayReady, Veritmatrix, VO DRM/ CA, Nagra PRM/CA, CastLabs

Team collaborationStakeholder managementProduct-market fitMQTTWebSocketSolution ArchitectureCloud ArchitectureJavaScript developersJavaScriptAWS developersAWS

Salary reports by technologies

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